@cspell/dict-en_us
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@cspell/dict-en_us is a dictionary package for the CSpell spell checker. It provides American English word lists that can be used to enhance the spell-checking capabilities of CSpell.
Adding the dictionary to CSpell
This feature allows you to add the American English dictionary to your CSpell configuration. By including 'en_us' in the 'dictionaries' array, CSpell will use the word list provided by @cspell/dict-en_us for spell checking.
{
"dictionaries": ["en_us"]
}Installing the dictionary
This feature demonstrates how to install the @cspell/dict-en_us package using npm. This is the first step to using the American English dictionary with CSpell.
npm install @cspell/dict-en_us@cspell/dict-en-gb provides British English word lists for the CSpell spell checker. It is similar to @cspell/dict-en_us but focuses on British English instead of American English.
@cspell/dict-fr-fr offers French word lists for the CSpell spell checker. It is similar in functionality to @cspell/dict-en_us but is designed for French language spell checking.
hunspell-dict-en-us provides American English dictionaries for the Hunspell spell checker. It is similar to @cspell/dict-en_us but is used with the Hunspell spell checking engine instead of CSpell.
English dictionary for cspell.
This is a pre-built dictionary for use with cspell.
This dictionary comes pre-installed with cspell. It should not be necessary to add it.
| Tool | Version |
|---|---|
| cspell | >= 6 |
| Code Spell Checker - Visual Studio Code | >= 2 |
Global Install and add to cspell global settings.
npm install -g @cspell/dict-en_us
cspell link add @cspell/dict-en_us
cspell link remove @cspell/dict-en_us
The cspell-ext.json file in this package should be added to the import section in your cspell.json file.
{
// …
"import": ["@cspell/dict-en_us/cspell-ext.json"],
// …
}
Building is only necessary if you want to modify the contents of the dictionary. Note: Building will take a few minutes for large files.
npm run build
Please add any words to src/additional_words.txt by making a pull request.
The Hunspell source for this dictionary can be found:
http://wordlist.aspell.net/hunspell-readme/
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English dictionary for cspell.
The npm package @cspell/dict-en_us receives a total of 657,435 weekly downloads. As such, @cspell/dict-en_us popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @cspell/dict-en_us demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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